i cannot believe there is not already a topic for it here...
so i am making one

England were frankly robbed by the referee last night, he disallowed a goal which should have stood, after having been biased all match

in the end we lost 6:5 on penalties because the spot was about 2 inches underground, so 3 players missed shots (2 from england: beckham and vassel and 1 from portugal: rui costa)

that leaves the tournament wide open and there are 3 sides i believe can win

France
Holland
Czech Republic

any bets? i am sure we can organize a big betting system using a planet transferring between houses for prize collection

IMHO the referee wasn't too biased, although I can understand that you were brainwashed/briefed by the UK yellow press in this regard...

I certainly agree on France and the Czech Republic on being hot bets, slightly less with a view on the Dutch performance; don't forget about Portugal, they are strong enough to fully use the home advantage of this Euro2004...

this is soccer right. I am an American that plays soccer so I understand a little of the sport. Why do yall like it so much. Why don't you like football or something.

well you americans like baseball/basketball/football, we europeans favorize soccer, donīt ask me why, i just donīt see any sense in watching a baseball match, because it bores me to hell, basketball is better but still not that interesting, football is ok though, i watch games of the world leage or however they call that european leage time by time, but there are way too many breaks, time outs etc and the games goes to long

this is soccer right. I am an American that plays soccer so I understand a little of the sport. Why do yall like it so much. Why don't you like football or something.

American football.... let me see

The total abuse of athletes' bodies in football, by obviously copious quantities of steroids.. it's not an athletic concern but a pharmaceutical one. How can you relate to a sportsman that weighs 3x your body weight because he eats 20 hamburgers for lunch, before injecting himself with three known chemicals which shrink your testes to the size of acorns and cause you to grow breasts and excrete milk... all for a few million $$$ per year!!!!